Netanyahu, Trump discuss war preparations against Iran.
WSWS | World Socialist Web Site | 2018-03-07
Netanyahu, facing criminal indictment in Israel, and Trump, his administration in deepening crisis, met to discuss plans for an escalation of military aggression against Iran.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/03/07/aipa-m07.html

North Korea offers to enter talks to denuclearise.
WSWS | World Socialist Web Site | 2018-03-07
Trump reacted positively to the announcement of possible talks with North Korea, but maintained Washington's threats against the Pyongyang regime.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/03/07/nkor-m07.html

Conservatives in D.C. Are Sad Because They Can't Get Dates .
Ilana Novick, AlterNet | AlterNet.org | 2018-03-07
It's hard out there for a right-wing snowflake looking for love. | Pity the single Republican in D. C. Not only do many of them have to work for a man who starts trade (though hopefully not nuclear) wars because he didn't get enough sleep, but as a few GOPers anonymously complained to the Washingtonian, they can't get a date, especially not across party lines. It turns out that as the opportunities for bipartisanship decline in Congress, so do the chances of millennial dating. Conservatives appear to be bearing the brunt of this social sorting–or, at least, complaining about it the most. Contrary to rumors about "coastal elites" and their "bubbles," it turns out the so-called snowflakes are better at dealing with the idea that one can be a Republican and not a Trump supporter. As reporter Mimi Montgomery explains, "While Republicans. . .
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Lessons From Cuba.
Will Podmore | counterpunch.org | 2018-03-06
The withdrawal of Soviet aid in 1990 left Cuba's economy on a knife-edge. Cubans lost all their markets in sugar. They ceased to receive foodstuffs, fuel, wood, soap, raw materials. Calories and protein intake were reduced by half. Plans for nuclear energy had to be abandoned. The US intensified its blockade, passing the Helms-Burton Act. It was a case of adapt or die.
counterpunch.org/2018/03/06/lessons-from-cuba/

Is the US Ramping Up Its Military Presence in Syria and Planning to Attack Iran?
TRNN | The Real News Network | 2018-03-05
Col. Larry Wilkerson speaking at the National Press Club the day before the official AIPAC Conference. The alternative conference was titled: 'U.S.-Israel Relations and Middle East Policy'…
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Nuclear Bravado: Putin's Nuclear Invincibles.
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2018-03-05
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, seemed perplexed, sticking to a drafted script. Politicians on the Hill were troubled. The Pentagon attempted to be reassuring. The Russian bear was on the move in indelicate fashion — again. In his fourteenth state of the nation address, President Vladimir Putin was keen to focus on…
counterpunch.org/2018/03/05/nuclear-bravado-putins-nuclear-invincibles/

Mother of Accused NSA Leaker Reality Winner: My Daughter Wasn't Read Her Miranda Rights.
Democracy Now! | 2018-03-02
On Tuesday, former U.S. intelligence contractor Reality Leigh Winner appeared in court in Augusta, Georgia, where her lawyers asked the judge to exclude her statements to FBI agents on the day she was arrested, arguing she was denied her Miranda rights. Winner is a former National Security Agency contractor who has pleaded not guilty to charges she leaked a top-secret document to The Intercept about Russian interference in the 2016 election. She is facing up to 10 years in prison on charges she violated the Espionage Act. For more, we speak with two guests. In Chicago, we're joined by Kevin Gosztola, a journalist and managing editor of Shadowproof Press. He was in the courtroom in Augusta on Tuesday, and his recent article is titled "In Reality Winner's Case, Defense Seizes Upon FBI Testimony to Bolster Motion to Suppress Statements." And in Augusta, Georgia, we speak with by Reality Winner's mother, Billie Winner-Davis. She's joining us from her daughter's house, where Reality Winner was questioned and arrested by FBI agents on June 3.
www.democracynow.org/2018/3/2/mother_of_accused_nsa_leaker_reality

US 'not surprised' by Russia's new nukes, boasts about own 'unmatched' arsenal (VIDEO).
RT | RT US News | 2018-03-02
The US White House and Pentagon have dismissed Russia's new nuclear arsenal as "no surprise." American officials took the opportunity to accuse Russia of treaty violations and boast that their arsenal is "second to none." | RT.com…
www.rt.com/usa/420249-us-russia-treaty-violations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

Racing Towards a Low-Yield Armageddon.
Brian Cloughley | counterpunch.org | 2018-03-02
On February 3 the Washington Post observed that "the United States can deliver a [nuclear] strike anywhere in the world in 30 minutes with astounding accuracy" and questioned the need for "a new generation of low-yield nuclear weapons," quoting the commander of the strategic force, General John Hyten, as saying "I'm very comfortable today with the flexibility of our response options." But…
counterpunch.org/2018/03/02/racing-towards-a-low-yield-armageddon/

Responding to US threats, Russian President Putin proclaims nuclear arms race.
WSWS | World Socialist Web Site | 2018-03-02
In a belligerently nationalistic speech Thursday, Putin boasted about advances in Russia's nuclear arsenal and played a video depicting a nuclear strike on the United States.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/03/02/puti-m02.html